Planting
Poplar Planting at Cubbon and Culbert
- Hybrid poplar (var. ‘Walker’) cuttings, rooted cuttings and rooted plugs
- Cuttings were soaked for 24-h, while rooted cuttings and plugs were taken from cold storage 2-3 days prior to planting
- Mechanically planted in the spring of 2002
- 1240 trees/ha – spaced 2.5 m (within-row) and 3.2 m (between row)
- One person behind planter tamped soil around each seedling